Maintenance Officer

• Salary

  £28024 - £30252

• Sector

  Construction, Property & Engineering

• Type

  Permanent

• Hours: Full time
• Contract: Permanent
• Salary: £28,024  – £30,252 per annum
• Closing Date: 01/03/2024
• Location: Cross Campus

  About us:

At West London College, we are committed to championing innovation and creativity, and we invite you to join us on this journey. We welcome applicants who can share our values of Ambition, Innovation, Accountability and Inclusion.
We have three College sites across West London at Ealing, Hammersmith and Southall. By bringing your skills to the College, you will have a wonderful opportunity to make a difference to these students’ education and future. As a diverse College in the UK, we offer an exciting, innovative and stimulating work environment with a wide variety of employment opportunities.

About the role:

West London College seeks an experienced, self-motivated Maintenance Officer to support its friendly Estates Department. Reporting to the Estate Manager, the post holder will ensure exceptional estates and facilities service across our College campuses. As a maintenance officer, you will undertake general maintenance duties, classroom setups and receiving deliveries of equipment/materials. In addition, you will conduct periodic checks on all college accommodations and grounds, including toilets and other communal areas, ensuring that all facilities are in sound and safe operating conditions in line with college standards. Driving duties across our college campuses will also be required. The successful candidates will have experience working in a similar role. A friendly and approachable nature is essential as you will work alongside a wide range of people at all levels and possess excellent customer relations and communication skills.

You will have:

• Experience working in a team and within an estates/facilities department.
• Experience in using general tools and equipment
• Awareness of Building, Fire Safety, Disability, Asbestos and H&S legislation
• A Full UK driving licence (essential)
• Experience in working to deadlines, managing and prioritising time effectively to ensure an excellent service is delivered
• Ability to respond to emergencies and incidents

For more information, please look at the job description, which outlines the role and person specification in further detail.

What we offer:

Our team are important to us, and we offer a wide range of benefits to recognise the hard work put into supporting our learners. As a member of the support team, you will receive:

• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Season ticket loan, computer loan
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Continuous Professional development to the Colleges Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Discount at the college’s on-site hair and beauty salon
• Access to Perkbox, our rewards and discounts platform

Important Information:

The safety and welfare of our learners and staff are extremely important to us, so we pride ourselves on our safeguarding procedures. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activities relevant to children. Please view the documents attached for further information about our Safeguarding and Prevent policy. We encourage and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or identity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership. To apply, please complete an application form before the closing date specified, as CVs will not be accepted. Please ensure you also include a supporting statement as part of your application. We may close the application deadline earlier than expected, so please ensure you submit your applications as soon as possible.